Weather-strip.



A. PENNER. 'WEATHER STRIP. APPLICATION rum) JULY 25, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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ALMERON FENNERgOF s RAousE, NEW YORK.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.'

Application filed July 25, 1908. Serial No. 445,334.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALMERON FENNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in .VVeather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvementsin weather strips, designed for use in connec-. tion with the doors of dwellings and like structures. 7 g

The invention relates particularly to improvements in the device shown and de' scribed in Letters Patent of. the U.. S. granted to Allen I-I.' Cole and George R. Menin, No. 536,919, and bearing date April 2, 1895, the object being to provide a weather strip which is more ositive in its 0 eration, and also to render t e same more e ective in fulfilling its ofiioe- A further object is to. provide means for adjusting certain parts .of the device.

Other features and objects of the invention will be understood from the detail description which follows, and byreference to the accompanying drawing whichforms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the lower portion of a door'frame and door, having my improved weather strip attached, the door being closed. Fig.2 is a vertical section on line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the position of.

the strip when the door is closed. Fig. 3is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing theposition of the threshold strip when the door is open. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the threshold strip. Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the manner of applying the adjustable hanger lugs; also showlng trip armsmounted upon the opposite ends of the strip ready for service. Fi 6 is an'enlarged detail end view 3f the ouble angular strip carried by the oor. 1 I

In the several views like characters of reference designate corresponding parts.

In thedrawing, 2 represents a door frame. and 3-the door. The weather strip, or that portion of the device which is attached to the door frame and disposed adjacent to the sill, consists of a metallic bar4'provided at its opposite ends and adjacent to its outer edge with upwardly inclinedhanger lugs'5, preferably made of metal and adjustably attached to the ends of the bar 4, by means of slots 6, and rivets or bolts 7. To facilitate attaching the lugs 5.to the bar 4, the latter is provided with circular perforations 8 at one end, the opposite end being slotted as at 9, to receive t e rivets 17 afterthey have passed through the slots of lugs 5. In order to attach the threshold strip 2 to the frame of the door, in

a manner to allow the, same to be tilted or shifted to different positions, as, indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the upturned portion of the lugs .5 are pierced by elongated slots 10, through which screws or pins 11 are passed into the door frame to provide a varying pivotal support for the strip 4. This variable center or pivot is made necessary for the reason that a constant or fixed center would prevent the tilting of the strip from the position illustrated in Fig. 3, which indicates the position, of the stri when not in use, to the position shown in *ig. 2, which indicates the operative position of the strip, as when the door is closed.

12 and 13 represent a pair of angular metallic plates or strips connected together, at their upper edges by rivets 14, or may be welded to form. one part These plates are secured to'the lower end ofthe door, by screwsjor. other suitable ,means, in position to engage the strip 4when the door is closed, for the urpose of making a close seal of the crevice eneath the door. The bent strips 12 and .13 are preferably formed to diiferent angles as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, their lower edges being spaced apart sufiiciently to receive the inner edge of the plate 4 when the door is closed, asshown in Fig. 2. In the former patent referred to, a single bent plate, as 12, was employed, and under the old construction, when the weather strip was applied to a door of ordinary width, the thresho d plate showed a tendency to sag for the greater part of its length, and left a gap between the two plates (4 and 12) through which the wind, rain and snow could pass. In the present application an additional angular plate 13 is provided, for the purpose of holding the strip 4 for its entire length tightly against the under side of the plate 12, and thus O{prevent the sagging of the strip. 15 an 16 indicate respectively, a trip-arm and a supporting arm which are rigidly mounted at or near the ends and upon the upper or face side of the strip 4, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. These arms are disposed in position to be engaged raised up from the idle position shown in v Fig. 3, to and held snugly against the rear side of the plate 12, as shown in Fig. 2. Heretofore, weather strips of this class were provided with a trip-arm which was attached to one end of the threshold strip 4, generally at the lock side of the door, in a manner to be engaged by the bent strip during the final closing movement of the door. Under this construction and arrangement the entire weight and strain of the threshold strip, when in the inclined or service position, as shown in Fig. 2, depended for its raising and support upon the single trip-arm disposed at one end of the strip, with the result that the opposite end of the strip would gravitate or sag away from the bent plate and leave an opening for the passage of air &c., between the strips. In order to overcome this defect, 1 have provided the two arms 15 and 16, one for each end of the threshold strip, as shown in the drawing. The triparm 15 which is disposed at the hinge side of the door, is preferably made longer and heavier than the trip 16, it being subjected to a greater and more constant strain, for the reason that it is in engagement with plate 12, during the greater part of the o ening and closing movements of the door, wile the arm 16 is not engaged until the door is practically closed when it coacts to support the parts 4, 12, and 13 in close contact it is disengaged upon the first slight opening movement of the door. The arms 15 and 16 are secured in rigid manner to the strip 4 by the rivets or bolts 7. After the parts of the weather strip are placed in operative position, at. each closing move- 'ment of the door, strip 4 is picked up and enters and lies between plates 12 and 13 practically the same as a jack-knife blade ts into the handle.

At the time the strips 4 are made, duplioate perforations 8 are formed near one end of the strips and duplicate slots 9 are formed in the opposite ends. The object of this feature is to rovide for cutting ofi the strips to suitale lengths for applying to door frames of different widths. 1n practice the strips 4 and also plates 12 and 13 are made in three or four standard lengths, calculating for applying to the widest and narrowest door ways, and as the widths of door frames vary considerably, the strips 4 may afterward be cut as on either the line aa, or line :c-5c, or-on both of said lines as shown in Fig. 4, and these may be fitted into any of the intermediate widths of frames. The angle plates 12 and 13 must be cut to corres 0nd to the length of strip 4. After the strips have been cut to suitable lengths, the hanger lugs and arms are )laced in position and pro erly adjusted ELDC then permanently secure by the rivets or bolts 7.

When the door is opened sufficiently to disengage the bent strip 12 from thearms 15 and 16, the weight of the strip 4 causes it to drop toward the threshold, and by reason of the transverse slots 6 in the lugs 5, through which the pins 11 pass, the center or rotation changes so that said strip may lie fiat thereon, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a door and a. door frame, of a weather strip mounted n said frame and capable of being tilted, a triparm projecting from said strip, and plates secured to the door and having spaced edge portions adapted to receive therebetwcen the edge of the weather strip aforesaid, the upper of said plates being arranged to engage the trip-arm to tilt the weather strip into operative position, and the lower of said plates being in close contact throughout its length with the weather stri when the latter is received between the p ates.

2. The combination with a door and a door frame, of a weather strip mounted on the door frame and tiltable into operative position, plates secured to the door and hav ing spaced edges between which the edge portion of the weather strip is adapted to be received and to lie in close contact with said plates throughout the length thereof, and means for tilting and supporting the weather strip to cause cooperation thereof with the plates on the door, said means comprising a trip-arm secured to the weather strip at the end adjacent to the hinged edge of the door, and a supporting arm secured to the weather strip at the opposite end thereof, both the trip and supporting arms being engaged with the upper plate on the door when the weather strip is in operative position.

3. The combination with a door and a door frame, of a weather strip mounted transversely in the door frame above the sill thereof, hanger lugs adjustably connected with the opposite ends of the weather strip and apertured for pivotal connection with the door frame, a trip-arm secured to one of the hanger lugs, a supporting arm securedv to the other hanger lug, and means carried by the door for throwing the weather strip into operative position when the door closes, said means co-acting with the trip and supporting arms aforesaid.

4. The combination with a door and a door frame, of a weather strip pivotally mounted in the door frame between the sides thereof, a trip-arm projecting laterally from the weather strip and having an inclined end located adjacent to the hinged edge of the door, a similarly arranged supporting arm. at the opposite end of the weather strip and adjacent to the locking edge of the door, a pair of plates secured to the door so that the 11 per edges thereof are in close contact white the lower portions extend from the upper portions at difierent angles and are thus plate resting in intimate eontaot'throughout spaced apart, the uppermost of said plates its length with the weather strip when the being adapted for initial engagement with door is in closed position.

the trip-arm as the door closes and final en- In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature 5 gagementI witclln tllle su'ppoiiting arm when thle in presence of two witnesses.

oor is so ose t1e initia engagement wit1 I the trip-arm raising the weather strip into ALMERON FENNER' operative position and the final engagement Witnesses:

with the supporting arm supporting the strip HARRY DE WALLACE, 10 at the locking edge of the door, the lower 1 ROBERT L; WALLACE. 

